Boise, ID → Sacramento, CA
You'd keep $104 more a month in Sacramento
+$1,248 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 110 households moved Boise → Sacramento (avg AGI $110,609). 441 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Boise | Sacramento | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,000 | $8,011 | +$1,011 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,706 | $2,090 | +$384 |
| Take-home pay | $5,294 | $5,921 | +$627 |
| Rent | $1,361 | $1,677 | +$316 |
| Getting around | $524 | $600 | +$76 |
| Groceries | $388 | $424 | +$36 |
| Healthcare | $437 | $477 | +$40 |
| Utilities | $243 | $265 | +$22 |
| Everything else | $340 | $371 | +$31 |
| Left over | $2,003 | $2,107 | +$104 |
To break even in Sacramento, you'd need to earn
$94,000
Household gross, versus $84,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Boise does now.
The tax difference alone
−$1,015
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 24.4% in Boise, 26.1% in Sacramento.
More about Sacramento
Boise, ID in full
Outdoor access that rivals Denver, on wages that haven't caught up to the home prices.
Sacramento, CA in full
Bay Area access at two-thirds the rent, with California's tax bill intact.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Sacramento on Sacramento wages.
Sacramento → Boise →Rent is Zillow's asking rent for each metro; taxes and living costs are modelled. An estimate, not a quote or tax advice. How this is calculated.